167:
59:
A little further north of the current villages of
Metalla and Sykia, on the tall and steep hill of “Agios Athanasios”, the site of an ancient (Hellenistic and Roman) settlement was located. On the southern slope of the hill and also in the nearby location “Ovatzik” were ancient tombs, coins and
101:
D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18(1989), fasc. 1, p. 272-273, n. 106-107 =
237:
227:
208:
78:
46:. It has a population of 275 inhabitants. Until 1928 was named "Upper Nouska", later was renamed "Upper Daphnoudi" and finally received the current name "Metalla".
128:
242:
85:
D. C. Samsaris, Historical
Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 177.
60:
inscriptions revealed. In late Roman times the settlement was fortified with an acropolis, of which parts of her wall are now saved on the above hill.
232:
119:
D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the
Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 160-161 (Website of Municipality of Serres)
201:
194:
90:
43:
76:
31:
106:
103:
117:
174:
86:
35:
82:
178:
166:
23:
221:
143:
130:
42:. Since the 2011 reform it belongs administratively to the municipality of
107:
The
Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 107, # PH150746)
104:
The
Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 106, # PH150745)
39:
182:
202:
8:
238:Archaeological sites in Macedonia (Greece)
228:Populated places in Serres (regional unit)
209:
195:
38:, located 21 km east of the city of
30:) is a village and former community in
69:
16:Village and former community in Greece
7:
163:
161:
14:
243:Central Macedonia geography stubs
165:
233:Emmanouil Pappas (municipality)
1:
181:. You can help Knowledge by
259:
160:
27:
177:location article is a
144:41.07889°N 23.74389°E
32:Serres regional unit
140: /
149:41.07889; 23.74389
81:2017-04-24 at the
190:
189:
175:Central Macedonia
36:Central Macedonia
250:
211:
204:
197:
169:
162:
155:
154:
152:
151:
150:
145:
141:
138:
137:
136:
133:
120:
115:
109:
99:
93:
74:
44:Emmanouil Pappas
29:
258:
257:
253:
252:
251:
249:
248:
247:
218:
217:
216:
215:
158:
148:
146:
142:
139:
134:
131:
129:
127:
126:
124:
123:
116:
112:
100:
96:
83:Wayback Machine
75:
71:
66:
57:
52:
17:
12:
11:
5:
256:
254:
246:
245:
240:
235:
230:
220:
219:
214:
213:
206:
199:
191:
188:
187:
170:
122:
121:
110:
94:
68:
67:
65:
62:
56:
53:
51:
48:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
255:
244:
241:
239:
236:
234:
231:
229:
226:
225:
223:
212:
207:
205:
200:
198:
193:
192:
186:
184:
180:
176:
171:
168:
164:
159:
156:
153:
118:
114:
111:
108:
105:
98:
95:
92:
91:960-7265-16-5
88:
84:
80:
77:
73:
70:
63:
61:
54:
49:
47:
45:
41:
37:
33:
25:
21:
183:expanding it
172:
157:
125:
113:
97:
72:
58:
19:
18:
147: /
222:Categories
135:23°44′38″E
132:41°04′44″N
64:References
55:Antiquity
79:Archived
50:History
28:ÎśÎταλλα
20:Metalla
89:
40:Serres
173:This
34:, of
24:Greek
179:stub
87:ISBN
224::
26::
210:e
203:t
196:v
185:.
22:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
